Yeah I'm at 6 squads myself and at this point I think I'm just going to have to start my squads from scratch and just choose some I'm enjoying using because there are just so many characters and combinations and synergies and tactics.

Like you said I could spend an hour in the organize screen and honestly not even accomplish much because no matter what you're just picking units.

I would throw squads at each other in Mock Battles at the forts to test their tactics, which was fun and you start, get involved and look up and it's been an hour.

Ok I finished the game last night on tactical. I think I had about 40 hours ish total and my guys were in the mid 30s to level 40

Couple thoughts

If I were to play again I would focus on a smaller number of players and getting them really strong. I was trying to play with as many people as possible and you get to a point, especially around promotion time, where honor starts to get really thin. I didn’t do the repayable battles more than once or twice

The amount of squad customization is insane especially with all the items you get. I found a few things early that worked and basically just did that the whole game and didn’t really mess around with different unit combinations

Storyline wasn’t bad. I never expect a great story from a tactical RPG but I’d say it’s on par with a fire emblem story maybe slightly better

You get wayyyy too many units by the end. Trying to figure out who to use was a nightmare

I may try an expert or TZ replay at some point

Overall very solid game super fun. Did get a bit repetitive towards the end I was just skipping all the battle scenes and rushing maps

Solid 8.5/10 from me

Still get a good fukkin lol whenever Scarlett rolls up on screen with her ****ing G cups in that turtleneck.

As an update, I'm at about 60 hours into this game and I've got to say that if anyone here is a fan of tactical games it does a solid job. I wasn't sold on it at first (and I still hold that they may have added TOOO much to the game) but it's definitely a great tactical game.

I do with they would make more games like this and Ogre Battle 64 where it is squads of units as opposed to the Fire Emblem/Triangle Strategy style of one character only.

Glad to see someone else enjoyed it, I ran it twice at launch, had a blast, but I kind of burnt out playing so much of it at the time. Worth two playthroughs though which is pretty good for me.

Juice,

I played a few battles and it’s not the type of turn based I am used to. Compared to fire emblem and triangle strategy for example. Even South Park is more fun…. To me! The battles are always fully animated and happens at once? Or I mean what did I miss here? Bear me in dragon quest is my favorite the latest one I played in 2D and 3D mode and honestly loved it. Both.

This one is a little different than other tactical RPGs. This is more like Ogre Battle 64 where instead of one unit, you have a squad. Each squad has certain synergies and attack patterns and you can change their tactics as you level up. It is definitely a specific flavor and if you're higher on Triangle Strategy or Fire Emblem, I can see how this wouldn't be your cup of tea.

Yup.

Trying to think of a good turn based FE style game that's come out recently or will soon. Can't think of one - although if/when they remaster FE4 – I can not see how they can fuk it up. Game had such a great story (at least the first half). I'd jump on that